Megève is both an authentic village and a smart winter sports resort that is renowned for its sophisticated sports facilities, its designer clothes shops, its luxury hotels, its fitness centres and its famous gastronomic restaurants.

On the hills of Albertville, Conflans is a pleasant stopping point, with its flower-bedecked main square featuring a fountain and the Maison Rouge (Red House), a beautiful 14th-century brick-built building home to the Ethnography and History museum; its high street with forged iron shop signs on facades, its Baroque church, and its charming garden protected by the Sarrazine tower.

Albertville is world-famous for having hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 16th Winter Olympic Games in February 1992. Recounting the sports events that took place during this prestigious period, the Maison des Jeux Olympiques museum is an essential stop for anyone staying in Albertville. Place de l'Europe square, the location of a very modern cultural centre, offers a beautiful view of the hilltop village of Conflans.

This pre-Alps massif offers a combination of plateaux, coombs, cliffs, alpine pastures (high meadows) and peaks exceeding 2,000 metres. At the Col des Aravis pass, at an altitude of 1,486 metres, the view of the Aravis mountain range and the Mont Blanc mountain range is superb.

It is in the Aravis massif, specifically in the Thônes valleys, that the famous unpasteurised cheese Reblochon is made.

Several village resorts of the massif, such as La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt and Manigod, are perfect for winter and summer sports.

This village in the Pays du Mont Blanc area offers a combination of hydrotherapy, mountain and alpine sports. It is from the village of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains that the Mont Blanc tramway departs. In the summer, this highest train in France offers magnificent views of the Mont Blanc mountain range all along the route. It takes passengers up to the Nid d'Aigle at an altitude of 2,372 m, as well as the Bionnassay glacier. In winter, this train takes skiers up to the Bellevue plateau.

La Clusaz, a winter sports and summer resort of the Aravis massif, is a friendly village that has preserved its traditions and its typical chalet architecture.

For the gastronomes, a Reblochon festival takes place in August.

With a surface area of 27.4 km² and 80 metres deep, Lake Annecy of glacial origin is Europe's cleanest lake. Its idyllic, crystal-clear water is perfect for numerous water sports and sports activities, such as swimming, sailing, diving, boating, fishing, or waterskiing. A real paradise! Furthermore, its beaches will delight fans of lounging around. With its pleasant shores, walkers and cyclists are also catered for. On the edge of the lake, the village of Talloires is a renowned resort combining relaxation, leisure activities and water sports.

From the Col de la Forclaz pass, the panoramic view of the lake is amazing. For a really magnificent, breathtaking view, there is nothing better than paragliding over the lake. You're guaranteed a thrilling and awe-inspiring experience!

This village resort with wooden chalets is a pleasant and restful destination, in summer as in winter. The Nature reserve of Les Contamines-Montjoie, covering 5,500 hectare, attracts walkers and nature lovers. The resort of Les Contamines-Montjoie is connected to the vast ski area of Evasion Mont-Blanc, offering 440 kilometres of pistes and connecting the other resorts of the Mont-Blanc country, such as Megève, Saint-Gervais and Combloux.

Capital of the Haute-Savoie, Annecy is a city of Art with a magnificent architectural harmony. Walking around Annecy old town is a real delight. With its charming canals, its flower-bedecked banks, its small delightful bridges and its beautiful houses with colourful facades, Annecy carries really well its nickname of Savoyard Venice. How pleasant it is to stroll along its canals or walk around the lovely narrow pedestrian streets!

In the heart of the old town, the Île palace, a former prison and the Palais de Justice (law courts), is today home to the Annecy History museum. Near this symbolic building of the 12th century, the Sainte-Claire street is also an unmissable place during the visit for its beautiful arcaded houses. Towering over the town, the museum-castle, former residence of the counts of Geneva and the dukes of Genevois-Nemours, is dedicated to archaeology, ethnology, art, history and alpine lakes.

To complete this beautiful visit, there's nothing like a walk on the edge of the magnificent Annecy lake. Not to be missed! The Europe gardens, the Amours bridge spanning the Vassé canal, the Albigny avenue lined with plane trees and the Champ de Mars are magnificent sites great for relaxation. For the best way to discover the lake and surrounding mountains, visitors can take a trip on tourist boats or hire pedalos and small motor boats.

Peaking in 4,810 metres, the Mont Blanc mountain range is the perfect place to admire fantastic high mountain landscapes, with its glaciers, its peaks and its snowy summits. In August 1786, the guide Jacques Balmat and the doctor Michel Gabriel Paccard reached the summit of Mont Blanc for the first time. Very popular with skiers, walkers and mountaineering enthusiasts, the Mont-Blanc mountain range appeals to less sporty types too. Many of the mountain range's famous sites are accessible by train or cable car. A cable car departing from Chamonix takes you to the Aiguille du Midi, at an altitude of 3,842 m, in only 20 minutes. From this site, the panoramic view of Mont Blanc and its massif is exceptional.

The Montenvers train takes you to the famous Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), an impressive 7-km long glacier.

Then, departing from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, the Mont Blanc tramway, a small train taking passengers up to the Nid d'Aigle (2,372 m), offers spectacular and unforgettable scenery throughout the journey.

Situated at the foot of Mont Blanc, Chamonix is heaven for climbers. Thanks to its ski areas and numerous ski-lifts, this famous winter and summer sports resort is also a paradise for skiing fans.

In the old town, the former luxury hotel Chamonix Palace houses the Alpine Museum with its exhibition about the development of Chamonix valley and a collection of antique objects.

Opposite the Mont Blanc mountain range, the Aiguilles Rouges Regional Nature Reserve extends over 3,300 hectares. This massif offers a varied landscape of cliffs, forests, glaciers and rocks. From the Col de Montets pass, you can see the Aiguilles Rouges massif facing Mont Blanc.

With its charming chalets and its beautiful residences with wooden facades, Méribel is a resort perfectly integrated into its wonderful mountain setting. Situated right in the heart of the 3 Valleys, one of the most famous ski areas in the world, the winter sports resort has everything to satisfy skiing fans.

In summer, Méribel is a special destination for hikers, with its numerous footpaths in the Vanoise national park.

This park, which extends over 81,000 hectares, protects impressive limestone cliffs as well as beautiful landscapes of forests and alpine pastures (high meadows).

The Bauges massif is a great area for Nordic skiing. The Savoie Grand Revard ski area connects small resorts, such as le Revard, la Féclaz and Saint-François-de-Sales, and is an important centre for cross-country skiing with its 140 kilometres of pistes.

This famous smart winter sports resort is renowned for the quality of its ski area, but also for all the leisure activities and the facilities that are offered after a day's skiing, such as exhibitions, concerts, cafés, discotheques, fitness centres, gourmet restaurants, shops and luxury hotels.

As a part of the 3 Valleys, a vast ski area with 600 kilometres of pistes and 200 ski lifts, Courchevel is linked to the other renowned resorts of the 3 Valleys that are Méribel, Val-Thorens, les Menuires, la Tania, and Brides-les-Bains.

Famous winter sports resort, Morzine is also a typical village that has preserved its traditional architecture. Boasting modern sports facilities, the resort is part of the famous Portes du Soleil (Gateway to the Sun) ski area that links 12 French and Swiss ski resorts and offers 650 km of pistes. A dream for all skiing enthusiasts!

Famous for its hot springs with recognised beneficial properties, Aix-les-Bains is the number two spa town in France. Dedicated to well-being, the town enjoys a lovely location between lake and mountains and offers numerous attractions. It caters comprehensively for both hydrotherapy patients and holidaymakers, with Roman remains, museums, a luxurious casino, pedestrian shopping streets, balneotherapy centres, beautiful Belle-Époque hotels illustrating the town's prestigious past, as well as a sandy beach and a pleasant esplanade lined with plane trees on the edge of Bourget lake.

With its Grand Motte Glacier and its high altitude - the top of the pistes reaches an altitude of 3450 metres - the Tignes ski resort allows to ski all year round. A good option for the ski enthusiasts!

This Savoyard village is a prestigious resort combining traditional architecture and modern sports facilities. Its ski area, the L'Espace Killy, boasts 300 km of pistes and is linked to the ski resort of Tignes.